[quote]JoeGood wrote:
Maybe you could get them to keep the pasta and give you a pound or two of the shrimp and garlic butter?
If they decline, military press them.[/quote]
OH OH OH!!! hire me to be the chick in jeans and a tight black tshirt and dark sunglasses standing behind you at all times. When someone pisses you off, you give the agreed signal. I flex, everyone cowers, and kimba gets her shrimp.
I could so love that job. think about it.
CBear, but if you are standing behind me I will miss the view of you in the tight jeans and the tight t-shirt. The rest of it, however, sounds highly useful.
Joe, you overestimate my MP skillz. 
DCA, I can actually think of a good use for a stability ball, just not in the weight room.
Friday nite training - 5/3/1 Wave 3, Week 4 (Squat and Bench Deload)
Squat (as low as I could go)
Bar 1 x 10
55# 1 x 5
65# 1 x 5
80# 1 x 5
To make this interesting, I jettisoned my usual risers and step and tried to go as low as possible on all these reps. Video told me that every rep was way below parallel. I remember a time not too long ago when I had trouble squatting 80# to above parallel. Now its an easy set.
Bench
45# 2 x 5
55# 1 x 5
Nothing to say about this.
Back Raises (supersetted with neutral grip pullups)
22.5# dumbbell behind head 2 x 15, 1 x 12 ← PR +2.5 lbs.
I didn’t see any form problems (tried like heck not to hyperextend at the top). But if anyone has a critique let it fly. Its the 25 lb. plate next time!
Neutral grip pullups (from dead hang to shoulders hitting bar, unassisted)
3 x 3
I am stuck at 3 reps on these. Next time, I want at least 4
Pushups
BW 3 x 10
I need to train these more. They are hard, and they shouldn’t be.
Chest-supported rows
25s 3 x 12
I wanted a rowing movement, but didn’t want to repeat the Krocs of earlier in the week. I haven’t done these in forever.
Tonight is a fancy steak dinner. Mmmm. Steak.
Nice work doing the deload.
Also the guy who is grunting in the audio background of your video cracked me up.
[quote]JoeGood wrote:
Maybe you could get them to keep the pasta and give you a pound or two of the shrimp and garlic butter?
If they decline, military press them.[/quote]
I have a friend who has the same eating habits I do – lotsa meat, low carbs. The thing is, unlike my sweet, polite self, he’s a cocky bastard, and he always asks the dining hall cooks for special stuff. Bastard gets whatever he wants.
Heh Kimba, you are such a dainty thing, I feel like a lumbering rhino in comparison.
The hypers look fine - it does look like you are hyperextending a bit, but that could be the camera angle. It’d be easier to critique if you managed to get it from the side.
[quote]AlisaV wrote:
[quote]JoeGood wrote:
Maybe you could get them to keep the pasta and give you a pound or two of the shrimp and garlic butter?
If they decline, military press them.[/quote]
I have a friend who has the same eating habits I do – lotsa meat, low carbs. The thing is, unlike my sweet, polite self, he’s a cocky bastard, and he always asks the dining hall cooks for special stuff. Bastard gets whatever he wants.[/quote]
go copy the bastard!!
hi kimba! nice looking deload. i just started using the weights on those hypers myself. can i ask the dumb question of the day? hpyers and back raises are the same thing, yes? i guess i need to go look up reverse hypers…
i x2 on the push-ups. i was a bad ass at them for a while until that wrist issue started getting worse. stick with them, that is one that i think you need to continuously train or you do lose a bit of the ability to do them.
i hope your steak was killer…fancy dinner…MMMMMMMM!
p.s. if you could, send me some good vibe kimba snow skills-i’m headed to Tahoe today!
i saw the hip pads (full butt/hip pads) you mentioned. i respectfully declined to pay $50. 1-i’m forcing myself to believe that i will be improved and not fall down as much and 2-i’d rather use that $50+ at the tables should we do a little gambling tonight. FTR, i don’t like gambling but i do it so rarely i figure i should give my customary donation to the casino…
too funny, this week was my 5/3/1 third cycle, week four deload. The db on the neck sort of freaked me out, but whatever feels good that way, go for it. The form looked really clean. BTW, i looked at your deads on your hub video (yes, I was checking you out), nice form.
I too had a three day seminar last week at a hotel…catered. the food was OK, i navigated it, and brought a lot of my own food. thankfully the hotel room had a microwave and a fridge. it is indeed good to be back to my home turf.
[quote]AlisaV wrote:
[quote]JoeGood wrote:
Maybe you could get them to keep the pasta and give you a pound or two of the shrimp and garlic butter?
If they decline, military press them.[/quote]
I have a friend who has the same eating habits I do – lotsa meat, low carbs. The thing is, unlike my sweet, polite self, he’s a cocky bastard, and he always asks the dining hall cooks for special stuff. Bastard gets whatever he wants.[/quote]
If you hadn’t said dining hall I would have been certain that you were one of my RL friends I didn’t know was on T-Nation and you were talking about me.
Hey mama! I don’t know, I’m with Cal on the possible hyper extending, but could def be the angle. Also, you look like one of those ridiculously flexible sorts, so I may be imagining things.
But I will say, that 22.5 lbs looks easy! I think you’re ready to up that shit. I find a plate behind the head cumbersome, but its the way our hyper machine is set up I think. Good luck!!! and thank for the vid - love seeing you ladies in action!!
[quote]JoeGood wrote:
Nice work doing the deload.
Also the guy who is grunting in the audio background of your video cracked me up.[/quote]
Me too! The grunting dude is there every Friday nite and does circuits using at least three pieces of equipment at a time. Other than that, he does not annoy me and is rather nice to look at.
Alisa, T is right – copy cat that friend. Or, have him ask for the both of you! Or get Joe to do your dirty work.
Cal, lumbering rhinos do not have crazy-tiny waists. Agreed – must tape from the side.
T, I think back raise = hyper. Reverse hyper is when the upper body is stabilized and the work is done by the lower body.
Steak dinner was delicious. Lobster mac n’ cheese appetizer, prime rib, baked potato, asparagus, apple torte with vanilla ice cream for dessert. Plus the pomegranate martini and glass of red wine. Way too much booze for me.
I already had the butt pad from my figure skating days. Hopefully your day went great without them!
PDJD, amazingly that dumbbell feels totally comfortable behind my neck.
Maschy, I definitely have too much flexibility in my lower back for my own good. I know I can crush the 25# plate next time. I’ve been liking the slow progression, though. I know I’ll be hitting PR walls at some point when the weights start to really hurt me. Until then, I’m enjoying it!
Sunday AM training, deadlift day is always fun!
5/3/1 Wave 4, Week 1 (Sumo Deadlift and MP Day)
Sumo Deadlift
From risers:
65# 1 x 5 warmup
85# 1 x 5 warmup
105# 1 x 5 warmup
From Floor:
120# 1 x 5 working
135# 1 x 5 working
155# 1 x 5 ← money set, Rep PR +2
I haven’t done 155# for months, so the rep PR isn’t a big deal. (My rep PR for 160# is 6.) However, I’m totally stoked because all 5 of these reps today were done with good form. Maybe not a totally arched back, but a very good back. My shoulders drifted a bit too far over the bar on the last few reps, but I know I can fix that.
I’m playing with my set up. It seems I do better when I sit in the hole just a bit longer and consciously stick my butt out before the lift.
Barbell Hip Thrusts (shoulders on bench)
185# 1 x 10
205# 1 x 10 ← PR + 10 lbs.
215# 1 x 6 ← PR +20 lbs. Plus a couple of singles to demonstrate this exercise to one of the young trainers.
Today was the first time ever I loaded up the bar to 200+ and actually DID SOMETHING WITH IT! I hope this is the first of many 200+ days to come.
Military press
45# 1 x 5
50# 1 x 5
55# 1 X 4 ← money set was disappointing.
My previous PR at 55# is 10, done on a day when I did only MPs. I was pretty fried going into this today, but decided to go for it anyways.
Dips
BW 1 x 20
These are coming back, although the last couple were very hard. The good news is that my wrist felt good doing them.
Went home and have been eating like pferdchen (translation = little horse) all day. Eggs and bacon and toast for lunch. Turkey chili with cheese and sour cream for dinner. I’m not usually this hungry.
fuck yeah for your money set, woman.
you deserve those eats.
question. plate, or feed bag?
loading the bar with 200lbs is good stuff - especially when you weigh like half.
WTG Kimba!
[quote]nlmain wrote:
loading the bar with 200lbs is good stuff - especially when you weigh like half.
WTG Kimba! [/quote]
x2
That’s some awesome training Kimba! Way to go on the PRs!
200 is a nice big number.
Question: how do you heft that thing up to your hips? Or is your starting position with the bar on the ground?
You are getting close to pulling 200 off the floor. You are probably good for at least 190 lbs. right now. Nice work. I bet you’ll be pulling two plates by the summer.
CBear, it was plates. Many plates.
Thanks N. and Rachelle!
Alisa, I start with the bar on the ground. I pull up the bench, then slither under the bar and put my shoulders on the bench. My hips then heave up the bar to the top, then drop back almost to the floor. I am now questioning whether I should hit the floor with the plates on every rep, but I haven’t in the past.
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
You are getting close to pulling 200 off the floor. You are probably good for at least 190 lbs. right now. Nice work. I bet you’ll be pulling two plates by the summer.[/quote]
Awesome! I sure appreciate the confidence. Two plates is my lifetime-goal pull!